Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2026-6201

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-04-13
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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60/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was identified in CodeAstro Online Job Portal 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /jobs/job-delete.php of the component Delete Job Posting Handler. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to improper access controls. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

CodeAstro Online Job Portal 1.0 has an improper access control vulnerability in /jobs/job-delete.php. The ID parameter passed to the delete job posting handler is not validated against the current user's permissions, allowing attackers to delete arbitrary job postings by manipulating the ID argument. This is an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks in job-delete.php to verify the current user owns or has permission to delete the specified job posting before executing the delete operation. Additionally, validate that the ID parameter is a valid integer and corresponds to a record the user is authorized to access.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Confirm application identity and version
    Inspect the web application header, footer, or source code for 'CodeAstro Online Job Portal' branding and version indicator '1.0'
    Affected if The deployed application is CodeAstro Online Job Portal version 1.0
  2. Verify job-delete.php exists
    Locate and inspect the file /jobs/job-delete.php in the web server document root or source code repository
    Affected if The file job-delete.php exists in the /jobs directory
  3. Check for authorization validation in delete handler
    Review the source code of job-delete.php and search for session verification, user ID validation, or permission checks before the delete query executes
    Affected if The code does not verify that the logged-in user owns or has permission to delete the job posting referenced by the ID parameter
  4. Test IDOR vulnerability directly
    Authenticate as a regular user, capture a valid job ID belonging to another user, and submit a delete request to job-delete.php with that ID parameter
    Affected if The delete request succeeds and removes a job posting the authenticated user does not own

A user is affected if they can delete arbitrary job postings by manipulating the ID parameter in job-delete.php without owning or having permission to delete those postings.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper authorization checks in job-delete.php to verify the current user owns or has permission to delete the specified job posting before executing the delete operation. Additionally, validate that the ID parameter is a valid integer and corresponds to a record the user is authorized to access.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,750
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